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Bedbug

Noun CEFR B1

ˈbɛdˌbʌɡ

Definitions

A small nocturnal insect pest of humans, of species Cimex lectularius (common bedbug) and Cimex hemipterus (tropical bedbug) that feeds on the blood of humans during sleep.
Any similar insect of family Cimicidae, that feeds on the blood of humans and certain other warm-blooded animals.

Equivalents

Españolchinche chinche de cama

Françaispunaise punaise de lit punaise des lits

DeutschBettwanze Hauswanze WandlausWanze

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العربيةالبقّة بق

Azərbaycan dilitaxtabiti

བོད་སྐད།འདྲེ་ཤིག

Bosanskikore pijat repstenica stenice stjenica стеница стјеница

Catalàxinxa

Češtinaštěnice

Danskvæggelus

Ελληνικάκοριός

Esperantocimo

Eestivoodilutikas

Euskarazimitz

Suomilude lutikka seinälude

Gaeilgemíol leapa

Gàidhligbògas na h-oidhche

Galegopercebella

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiʻuku lio

עבריתפשפש

हिन्दीखटमल

Hrvatskikore pijat repstenica stenice stjenica стеница стјеница

Magyarágyi poloska poloska

Հայերենփայտոջիլ

Bahasa Indonesiabangsat kepinding kutu busukpijat pijat-pijat tinggi

Italianocimice cimice da letto cimice dei letti

日本語南京虫床虫床虱

ქართულიბაღლინჯო

ភាសាខ្មែរសង្កើច

한국어빈대

KurdîKore rep

Кыргызчакантала

Latinacimex

Lietuviųpatalinė blakė

Latviešublakts

Македонскитавтабита

മലയാളംമൂട്ട

Монголбясаа

Bahasa Melayupijat pijat-pijat

Maltibaqq

Nederlandsbedwants wandluis

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਖਟਮਲ

Polskibździągwa pluskwa

Portuguêspercevejo

Românăploșniță

Русскийклоп посте́льный клоп

Ikinyarwandaigihere igiheri

Slovenščinastenica

Shqipkore

Српскиkore pijat repstenica stenice stjenica стеница стјеница

Svenskapanka skäkta vägglus

Kiswahilikunguni

தமிழ்மூட்டைப் பூச்சி

తెలుగునల్లి

ไทยเรือด

Tagalogsurot

Türkçetahtakurusu

اردوکھٹمل

Tiếng Việtrệp

Examples

“Fiona rapidly discovered that the hotel was infested with bedbugs.”

“In Morocco, love ⟳ philtres are composed of yolk of egg and bedbugs.”

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Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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